James Fallon

James H. Fallon (b. 1947 Poughkeepsie, Loudonville, New York) received his biology and chemistry undergraduate training at Saint Michael's College in Vermont [http://192.80.64.37/Admin2.asp?SiteAreaID=1830&Level=1] and his psychology and psychophysics degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York. He carried out hisPh.D. training in neuroanatomy and neurophysiology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, and his postdoctoral training in chemical neuroanatomy at UC San Diego.

He is Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology at UC Irvine where he has served as Chairman of the University faculty and Chair and President of the School of Medicine faculty. He is a Sloan Scholar, Senior Fulbright Fellow, National Institutes of HealthCareer Awardee, and recipient of a range of honorary degrees, awards,and sits on several corporate boards and national think tanks.

Prof. Fallon has made significant scientific contributions in severalneuroscientific subjects, including discoveries of TGF alpha, epidermal growth factor, and the first toshow large-scale stimulation adult stem cells in the injured brainusing growth factors. He has also made contributions in the fields of
schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease,and the roles of hostility and gender in nicotine and cocaine
addiction. He is also cited for his research in the basic biologyof dopamine, norepinephrine, opioid peptides in the brain, connectionsof the cortex, limbic system, and basal ganglia in animals andhumans. He has published in human brain imaging using positronemission tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, diffusiontensor imaging tractography techniques, and the new field ofimaging genetics [http://www.schizophrenia.com/sznews/archives/002248.html] .

In addition to his neuroscience research, James Fallon has lectured andwritten on topics ranging from art and the brain, architecture and thebrain, law and the brain, consciousness, creativity, the brain ofthe psychopathic murderer, and the VietnamWar [http://www.amazon.com/dp/customer-reviews/1880741490] .

He has appeared on numerous documentaries, radio, and TV shows. In 2007,he has appeared on the History Channel series on science andtechnology (Star Wars Tech, Spider-Man Tech), CNN, PBS, BBC, and ABCfor his work on stem cells, growth factors, psychopathology, tissueengineering, smart prostheses, schizophrenia, and human and animalbehavior and disease.

External links

* http://www.ucihs.uci.edu/anatomy/fallon.html James H. Fallon faculty page